asked 2015-05-11 18:50:24 +0200
I've paired an iPega bluetooth gamepad with the Jolla phone (only the volume buttons work but it does respond), but I can't see anything that would give a clue to which device it is under /dev/input/
answered 2015-05-22 15:36:19 +0200
It's been a while since I tried an ipega gamepad but I remember at least the model I tried has operating mode selection when you turn it on. That is, depending on what you do when turning the device on affects what capabilities it has.
One of the four modes I tried worked nicely in the sense all of the controllers provided reasonable inputs while the other three modes were limited in various ways. I verified with "evtest" program (compiled it from sources) that all sticks and buttons produced sensible events in the good mode. But as it was a long time ago and I don't have the controller at hand right now I can't immediately check which mode the good one was.
For the question you had, the device will be most probably the /dev/input/eventXX device with the largest index (as it most likely appears last). You can check /sys/class/input/event*/name -- for a BT device the name will be the device address.
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Did you check Settings/Bluetooth? With activated Bluetooth you can see your paired devices and if they are connected or not at the moment. I don't have any input devices set up, but assume they would appear there as well?
molan ( 2015-05-11 21:02:39 +0200 )edit